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The proposed new stadium at Victoria Park as part of new infrastructure planned for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympics. AAP Image/Supplied by the Queensland government

May 27, 2025

The fast‑tracking of Brisbane’s Olympic infrastructure plans could backfire

Millicent Kennelly, Griffith University; Adele Pavlidis, Griffith University; Laura Ripoll Gonzalez, Griffith University; Natalie Osborne, Griffith University, and Sarah Joseph, Griffith University

Using legal loopholes to push forward infrastructure projects could backfire on Brisbane’s Olympic and Paralympic Games organisers.

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January 22, 2025

Prisons don’t create safer communities, so why is Australia spending billions on building them?

Emma Russell, La Trobe University; Andrew Burridge, Macquarie University; Francis Markham, Australian National University; Naama Blatman, UNSW , and Natalie Osborne, Griffith University

Research shows 37 new prisons have been built in Australia since 2000. But the evidence shows increased incarceration doesn’t help reduce crime.

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July 24, 2020

Australia has an ugly legacy of denying water rights to Aboriginal people. Not much has changed

Lana D. Hartwig, Griffith University; Natalie Osborne, Griffith University, and Sue Jackson, Griffith University

Across the NSW portion of the Murray-Darling Basin, Aboriginal people make up almost 10% of the population. Yet they hold a mere 0.2% of all available surface water.

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February 4, 2020

Darwin’s ‘smart city’ project is about surveillance and control

Jathan Sadowski, Monash University; Anna Carlson, The University of Queensland, and Natalie Osborne, Griffith University

‘Smart cities’, featuring networks of automatic lights, video cameras and environmental sensors, have been hailed as an enhancement to urban life. But they are also tools of surveillance and control.

Billboard hacktivism in Toronto, Canada. blogTO

July 15, 2016

Urban hacktivism: getting creative about involving citizens in city planning

Jason Byrne, University of Tasmania and Natalie Osborne, Griffith University

In Australia, a small but growing cadre of residents is experimenting with hacktivism in planning. Giving a voice to real people living in everyday places can help ensure planning meets public needs.

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